Earth and Beyond

 

2.1 Students identify and describe changes in the obvious features of the Earth and sky (including changes in the appearance of the moon).

2.2   Students identify and describe short- and longer-term patterns of events (including weather and seasons) that occur on the Earth and in the sky.

Changes in features of the Earth:

·         land — rearrangement, movement, submersion of soil, rocks, sand

·         waterways — rise and fall, change in direction of flow of water

·         air — cloud size and movement, wind direction and magnitude

·         seasons, climate, weather

Changes in features of the sky:

·         sun — time and position of sunrise and sunset at different times of the year

·         colour changes; day, night

·         moon — appearance, when and where

·         position of stars and star groups

·         eclipses

Patterns of events on the Earth:

·         weather, climate, seasons

·         activity of plants and animals

·         fires

·         storms

·         erosion

·         tidal changes

Patterns of events in the sky:

·         when and where objects are visible — sun, moon, stars
and star groups

·         daily and longer changes in direction and time that objects are visible

·         sunrise, sunset

2.3 Students discuss how their community uses resources and features of the Earth and sky.

 

Use of resources and features of the Earth:

·         playgrounds, public spaces, schoolyards, backyards, waterways, farms, forests, built environment

·         winds and clouds — predicting weather changes

·         air — hang gliding, parachuting, transport, aerial spraying

Use of features of the sky:

·         navigation

·         appreciation of its beauty

Use of Earth’s resources by living things:

·         food, water, air, living space